Skrivalan

My first-ever conscript

Index

1. Intro
2. Character list
3. Writing rules

If you want to check out the�Kalennian slideshow to learn more,�click here.

Intro

Skrivalan (Kalennian: Kâleniskrivâl, lit. "Kalennian script") is a constructed abugida script created by Cammzy A, best known for his YouTube channel blackjackson11. It was made as a secondary writing system for Cammzy's constructed language Kalennian, which uses the Latin script as its primary writing system. Its name is derived from the Kalennian noun "skrivâl", meaning "script".

Skrivalan’s Kalennian-language name, as it is written in Skrivalan.

Characters

A character in a writing system is a single symbol that represents a certain sound. Skrivalan's written characters for Kalennian's Latin orthography are not derived from any other writing systems, nor are they based on any other scripts’ characters, as they were designed to not correspond with the Latin script.

Writing rules

As said in Kalennian's documentation slideshow, Kalennian’s basic syllable structure varies heavily, so it would be important to write Skrivalan words properly by abiding to Kalennian's phonotactic rules.

Writing rules

When a vowel character is before a certain consonant (VC), the vowel is placed at the bottom of the consonant, like this:

Writing rules

If it's after a consonant (CV), it is placed at the very top of the consonant, like this:

Writing rules

If there is a diphthong (a vowel digraph), the vowels that make up said diphthong are placed at the top (because diphthongs are not to be placed before a consonant).

Writing rules

If the vowel on top of the consonant is stressed, there should be an acute accent on top of it to indicate the pronunciation of that vowel is lengthened. These are usually followed by geminate consonants (with the vowel on top of said digraph, because they can’t end without a vowel.)

Writing rules

If there is a sound change to a certain consonant, there should be a zig zag on top of said consonant. If it has a vowel after it, the vowel should be placed at the top of the zig zag. These are usually placed at the end of Skrivalan-written words in Kalennian (e.g. “mâvesnusak”).

Writing rules

If there is a consonant at the end of a word (e.g. the noun “kâmponat”, meaning “component”, has a consonant (“t”) at the end), the consonant is placed next to it.

Writing rules

For writing subordinate digraphs, trigraphs and dual-letter digraphs, the consonants that make them up are sandwiched together vertically, as seen in these 3 examples.

“str”

“sk”

“kk”

Writing rules

As for writing two-digit numbers, the numbers that make them up are sandwiched together vertically.

“genyadidhâ”�(Kalennian for the number “15”)

Consonants: Vowels: Digraphs: Indicators:

Skrivalan-written sentence ex. + Syllable breakdown

Here is a Kalennian sentence, its Skrivalan transcription, the Skrivalan character’s coloring, and the syllable breakdown, just to give you an example of how Skrivalan sentences are written.

Skrivalan-written sentence ex. + Syllable breakdown

Siltikân â noski gâ eksidâ yâ atrânni.

/siltikɜn ɜ noski gɜ ɛksidɜ jɜ at͡ɬɹɜːi/

NEG-person COP necessary to exceed DEF.ART rule-PL

"No one should exceed the rules."

I hope you all enjoyed the documentation of my constructed script, Skrivalan.

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